South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-07-15

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of the iown. Seventeen persons sere
buruet TO deAth-A revo,u,i. q has
occurred in Honolulu, Ssn,twich Ia
lands. and King kaiakrua has bs. q
forced to appoint new miI 'stry. :.
lie reiGns over about $4,000 subs
jects. Nearly ali the property in his
kingdom is owned by foreigner and
these gave him his choice Of remov-
ing HE oil cab net officers r aba ca
ting. There was M e. ht:ig- CIV.
ernor Gordon. CT Georgia, was hug
in eiigy Friday at Dalton. from a
gallows erected 10 hang Holman, sen.
fenced TO death for numbering a
young woman in Whi,6sll county
las. year. because he commu,ed tho
sentence to imprisonment for life.
BY . premature explosion Of giant
powder in Lancaster county. :. c.,
white man and eight negroes were
killed Pleuro-pneumonia among ca.
tie has apl cared at wesichcster. y. Y.
DR.. McGlynr. Of New York, was
accommodated. AMI Is nav cut H
tom the communion OF the CatLul.c
church. frow its sscramcuuand pa,
ticipation in its prayers, aud, should
he pcrsevere in his contumncy. de-
prived of the right ate. death 10
Christian burial.
England granted Turkey Eve more
days IN eign tue Egyptian conveu-
lion. The time runs cut today 4
workman in q vineyard AT Napa Vail
ley, Cal, suicided by drowuiag him
self in barrel Of wine-rhe record
OF yellow fever patients at Key West,
Florida, to date is: Total cas-, $, 81 (;
deaths. % sick at pre- scnt, 81 +; Gle
charged cured 23.-L,ghtuiuy struck
a farmers boy at Midjletowr, n. "
making hole an inch in diameter i'm
his hat and tearing his trousers ami
shoes eft. He was knocked sc Eseicss.
but soon recovered-Sixty.t~o cue, p
hrd!lGd together under oue lr,s la
Oshtemo, Mich during n som,
were killed by li2htning-W bic play
ing base ball in Manayunle, fhilAaoi.
phia. Saturday Edward McDn"c, l6
years old> wac struck in the neck
with ball ind he his winhl ipo spli,.
lie died suou after lie had been la
ken TO is home.
The u. s CUSTOMS Collector ns
Port Huron. Mich.> stuPped thirty Ca.
nadians from working on the Grand
Trunk railroad under the law proh.b'
ting the Importation OF fo' ely n labor.
Oscar j. Harvey, treasury chief Of
division has been arrested at WasL-
ing.on. charged with forgery aud 9th.
er fraudulent practices. 1t seems
that while he was acting as chief OF
the horse-clsims division he discov
cred abou. twenty old cases in VIII Oh.
all the nece- sary papers had besM
pc fectod, but which had never been
finally considered because Of The press
of other business, and also ht cause
no one seemed 20 be particularly in
tcrested in them. Mr.. Harvey took
cha &c OF them himself, and under
the assume, name Of "W. w. Wynn.
attorney addressed several letters
to The third auditor urging their inn
mediate consideration. Harvey then
secured their allo vance by the &C,
counting officers Ivy means of the coun-
terfeit stamp and forged signatures
which he'd been so successfully Gu
p!oy ed by him 10 other cases. TLeee
claims amounted 10 $3.50, and checks
for that amount were sent to the my
thicll Mr.. Wynn. AID in shat way
came into the hands Of Mr.. Harvey,
who had no difficulty whatever in se-
~ In ~ nj Inn
National Bank OF Washington. He
forged the necessary Endorsements To
The G. ecks anil then added his owa
nnme. Tits discovery swe'ls ihs to-
I'll anount. frauduiently scared by
Harvey 10 SD 200. =
The report IF the Baltimore AID
Olio Employees Relief ssociation !or
tie month ending May 3lst shows 4
accidental deaths, upon which SJ,cO0
was paid 43l accidental IL juice,
upon Which was paid 1921 .03; $50
cases of natural sickness. upon "Licb
was paid $s,095.54, and "a natural
deaths, upon which WIS pa d $3.50.
The total number cas-. was 682. co t
ing s25.S05 50. whica ihc'u.lcs SS72.
20 for doctors bills.
Eisbt robbers tackled he wroi z
train near PeLdletoD. Texas, FRIDAY,
and one OF them was killed. The
conductor had b, en- warned 81 lis
danger by the operator at Pendleton
in time n take an armed posse on
hoard at Temple, few mics east Of
tie former place.
John d. VanGorden died from tho
ef, cts of bee sting at Din. mans
Ferry. Pa.
Pieuro-pneumoDia has developed
among cattle in ST. Louis, elo.
The repor ell unsound condition Of
the American l. n!grant Company, OF
New York, which SO &c ts deposits o.
savings from immieI ants. - attract
ing attention 10 The affairs OF that
COZ cerr.
New Gicoveries Of cases Of coison.
ing nv the use OF chrome yellow as "a
C ,Ioring material have been maize in
Philadelphia.
Miss Jennie Lamar, daughter OF
Secretary Lsmaf.. ~ to be married To-
Der ,ousin, w. l.. Lamar. on the 2lst
Instant.
The four Grand Army pGsls Cf UIi-